The Alma observatory in Chile collects its first measurements from the telescope site, which is…
Month: November 2009
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Social-Networking ‘Unfriend’ Becomes Word of the Year
Social networks such as Facebook and MySpace have invaded families’ living rooms, corporate offices, and…
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Transcendental Meditation helped heart disease patients lower cardiac disease risks by 50 percent
Patients with coronary heart disease who practiced the stress-reducing transcendental meditation technique had nearly 50…
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Oak Ridge ‘Jaguar’ supercomputer is world’s fastest
An upgrade to a Cray XT5 high-performance computing system deployed by the Department of Energy…
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Slowing evolution to stop drug resistance
Infectious organisms that become resistant to antibiotics are a serious threat to human society. They…
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New combination therapy could deliver powerful punch to breast cancer
A powerful new breast cancer treatment could result from packaging one of the newer drugs…
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Targeting ‘normal’ cells in tumors slows growth, researchers show
Targeting the normal cells that surround cancer cells within and around a tumor is a…
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Nanoparticles used in common household items cause genetic damage in mice
Titanium dioxide nanoparticles, found in everything from cosmetics to sunscreen to paint to vitamins, cause…
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What’s Apple’s Game Plan?
Last year, Apple began marketing its iPod touch as the “funnest iPod ever,” a nod…
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Microsoft Goof – One Small Snag in a Code-Licensing Quagmire
Microsoft will soon release the source code and binaries for a Windows 7 tool that…